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Dear Angelica

2017 · 13 min

A dreamlike, hand-painted VR elegy that drifts through memory and loss, leaving a quiet ache.

Directed by
Saschka Unseld
Genres
Animation
Starring
Mae Whitman, Geena Davis
Tagline
...I miss you.
Overview
A teenage girl, Jessica, looks back on the stories her mother told through her movies and her own memories of her mother. This film is animated entirely in Oculus Quill, a 3D drawing and sculpting program.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Saschka Unseld
Genres
Animation
Starring
Mae Whitman, Geena Davis
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • memory
  • family
  • love
  • death
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism3
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Saschka Unseld
Written by
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Starring
Mae Whitman, Geena Davis
Runtime
13 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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